3rd Grade Reading Comprehension: How Honeybees Help (Nonfiction)
Read an informational passage about honeybees and answer main-idea and detail questions with text evidence.
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- Grade
- 3rd Grade
- Subject
- Reading
- Skill
- Reading Comprehension
- Topic
- nonfiction comprehension and main idea
- Difficulty
- Standard
- Time
- 20 minutes
- Pages
- 2 (incl. answer key)
- Format
- Printable PDF (US Letter)
- Answer key
- Included
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Worksheet details
What This Worksheet Practices
Students will identify the main idea and key details of an informational passage and use text evidence.
- Finding the main idea of a nonfiction text
- Locating key details
- Using evidence from the passage
Inside This Printable
Student directions: Read the passage. Then answer each question in a complete sentence, using the text.
Sample questions
- What does a bee drink from flowers?
- What is the yellow dust that sticks to a bee called?
- What is pollination?
The PDF contains 5 practice questions plus 1 challenge question.
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Reading to learn
Nonfiction reading is about learning information and finding the main idea. Here the whole passage supports one big point: bees are important helpers. Smaller facts — nectar, pollen, pollination — are the details that prove it.
How to use it
After reading, ask “What is the whole passage mostly about?” for the main idea, then have students underline one detail that supports it. Sits between 2nd grade comprehension and 4th grade comprehension.
👩🏫 Teacher note
Nonfiction main idea is the big point the whole passage supports — here, that bees are important helpers. Have students underline a detail that supports it.
🏠 Parent note
Ask 'What is the whole passage mostly about?' for the main idea, then find a detail that proves it.
Common Mistakes to Watch For
- Picking a small detail as the main idea
- Answering from prior knowledge instead of the text
Answer Key
Sample answers are provided; wording may vary but should be grounded in the text.
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